The announcement of a new kit is a very exciting day indeed, most fans waiting eagerly on tenterhooks to get a look at how their team is going to turn out next season, but one supporter seemingly couldn’t wait any longer.
With the 2024-25 season drawing to a close, we’re approaching the point in the season where half the league start wearing a completely – most of the time at least – different kit to the one they started the campaign in.
It’s a moment that is normally precipitated by countless ‘leaked’ versions of liveries, more than half of which tend to be completely inaccurate, as expectations begin to build up.
In recent years there has arguably been greater attention on new kits, too, with the emergence of shirts, both retro and current, as a huge part of British streetwear culture.
Perhaps that is why one fan, more keen than most to catch a glimpse of Arsenal’s new kit, decided to allegedly climb into the club’s air vents to take a picture of their 2025-26 shirt.
A picture posted on social media appears to be taken through pipe work from a high up vantage point, and features defender William Saliba posing for the camera in a new jersey.
One fan appeared to leak the club’s new kit from inside an air vent at the Emirates Stadium
Arsenal fans will be hoping that their new shirt will bring greater success after missing out on silverware narrowly once again
One Gunners fan account, posting the picture on Wednesday evening, alleged: ‘A curious Arsenal fan climbed in the air vents just to leak Arsenal’s new kit,’ with a laughing emoji.
The club’s kit for the coming season was later confirmed on Thursday morning, with the Gunners hoping that this is the shirt they will finally see their side lift the Premier league trophy in.
The new kit removes the flashes of blue that had featured down the sides of the 2024-25 jersey, and replaced the blue stripes on the shoulders with red ones.
The red body of the shirt also features an added detail with a stylised ‘A’ stitched into the red with faint black outlining, while the red socks now feature three white stripes at the knee.
In place of the iconic cannon on the left of the chest the club’s badge returns, and the trim around the neckline has been broadened in white as the other notable change from the current season.
In addition, where the blue flash down the sides continues down onto the shorts, widening at the base, there appear to be red stripes in their place.
For the last three years the north London outfit have been bridesmaids to the wedding parties of Manchester City and Liverpool, and are still yet to win a trophy since 2020 despite their vast improvement under Mikel Arteta.
This season comes as a particular disappointment for how far adrift of Arne Slot’s Liverpool side they have fallen, as well as limp exits from both domestic cups.
The new shirt has red stripes across the shoulders and a new ‘A’ detail stitched into the shirt
The current kit worn by both men’s and women’s teams features a flash of blue running down the sides and three stripes on the shoulders
The Champions League gave fans more hope, especially the win over Real Madrid which will live long in Arsenal lore, but defeat by Paris Saint-Germain in the semi-finals brought the fairy tale to a sobering end.
Arsenal now face a battle to hold onto second place, raising the risk of finishing third in a two-horse race, but victory over Newcastle in their next game should all but confirm the silver medal.
